On Friday, in Asia, crude was narrowly mixed because traders looked ahead to American rig count data from Baker Hughes for further direction on shale crude.
November delivery crude futures gained 0.10% in New York reaching $51.34 a barrel. At the same time Brent futures dived 0.05% in London being worth $57.23 a barrel.
On Tuesday, crude prices managed to settle lower because data demonstrating a larger than anticipated build-up of product inventories kept weighing on market sentiment.
Crude prices went down because signs that OPEC would further extend the world’s supply-cut agreement deal didn’t manage to compensate everlasting investor worries over data highlighting a steep soar in gasoline as well as diesel supplies.
Issued on Wednesday, a weekly report from the Energy Information Administration revealed that American gasoline stockpiles went up for a fourth straight week. Meanwhile, supplies of distillates edged up for the first time since August.
